Blogging for DiasporaFoundation.org
Sean Tilley
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We have a blog built into the project site, but only one entry at the moment.
I'm of the mentality that there's actually quite a bit going on in Diaspora development on a day-to-day basis: new features, code improvements, design improvements, new volunteers, and new tools that support Diaspora.
Would it be useful to start blogging about these things regularly?
goob Tue 27 May 2014 6:13PM
Hey Fla, that's great work. I'm doing some editing now. I'm doing it in a word processor as it's easier for me, so apologies if this shows the whole text, and not just my edits, as being written by me in Framapad.
I'd like to do a little 'Hi, we haven't gone away, we've been busy making diaspora* better' post to reopen the blog before posting other things. I'll try to put that together in the next couple of days and put that on Framapad too.
Dennis gave me access to the blog a couple of months ago, so I'll be able to put up posts. It's worth deciding (a) what things we should (and shouldn't) blog about, and (b) what process we should have in place to 'authorise' text before posting it. We could perhaps mention a few key people (Dennis, Jonne, Sean, Jason etc) for their views before posting.
goob Tue 27 May 2014 7:10PM
By the way, the blog appears to use Markdown, so I've converted the links to that format.
Jason Robinson Wed 28 May 2014 8:31AM
@flaburgan will you promise to write blog posts on a semi-regular basis - anyone else? :)
TBH - I know many want a blog (hey I would) - but experience shows people just don't have the time. And to be honest, code is more important at this stage than posts ;)
Dennis Schubert Wed 28 May 2014 10:11AM
@flaburgan Well, the posts are formatted using markdown, so yeah, you can embed images. There is no upload available right now, but that's fixable, if neede.
Flaburgan Wed 28 May 2014 1:12PM
@dennisschubert I can upload them to diaspora-fr.org, as you want. I think it would be better to have them on the same domain.
@jasonrobinson yeah, let's promise that :p As long as there are reviewers, 'cause I can't post alone.
Dennis Schubert Wed 28 May 2014 1:21PM
@flaburgan ... as much as I like you, I would not accept hotlinking images from an external - not controllable - server into the project site. :) Please file an issue on https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora-project-site for the upload field. ;)
Flaburgan Thu 29 May 2014 11:20AM
Done.
Jason Robinson Thu 29 May 2014 12:21PM
If the blog stays - we really need a post at least a few times a year.
But still, it would be nice to also implement the Diaspora HQ account somehow to the site - since in reality that is where the news is. Some embedded RSS plugin maybe?
goob Thu 29 May 2014 7:11PM
Hmm, we'd have to do a bit of thinking before linking the DHQ account to the blog, because not every post made from that account is an announcement that we want on the blog - and we wouldn't want to include reshares, etc. Also, if everything on the blog was DHQ and everything posted by DHQ went on the blog, we might as well just have a redirect from the blog to DHQ's profile, as one doesn't have to be signed in to diaspora to read it.
The problem isn't transferring material from DHQ to the blog - that's easy for me, now I have a login - it's the writing of material. If Fla and one or two others can help with the writing, I can post it. @seantilleycommunit said recently he'd be happy to help with this. I said a while ago that I wanted to start writing, but I've had to pull back a lot from doing stuff for D* for health reasons.
Let's first discuss and decide what sort of material we want to publish on the blog, and then get writing. Does that sound like a plan?
Flaburgan · Tue 27 May 2014 2:53PM
Who exactly has access to the blog?